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A $2 million gift from a University of California, San Diego alumnus will provide critical support for undergraduate education in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The funds will help recruit, retain and support the professors and lecturers whose primary mission is to teach and mentor students. Read More »

 
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IDEA Scholars Program Boosts Retention Rates of Underrepresented Engineering Students

During the past four years, when the going got tough, UC San Diego bioengineering major Ismael Munoz knew he could always rely on his fellow IDEA Scholars for encouragement and a sense of community. Munoz was part of the first class of IDEA Scholars, a program designed to increase retention and graduation rates for students underrepresented in engineering. Read More »

  
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Beyond MOOCs: Campus Launches Online Learning Office Headed by Jeff Elman

As director of Online and Technology Enhanced Education, Jeff Elman will provide oversight of UC San Diego’s online education activities and serve as the institutional liaison with technology platform partners.

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Sanford Consortium, Takeda Pharmaceutical Partner in $10-Million “Innovation Alliance”

The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine and the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited have agreed to establish a $10-million, five-year Innovation Alliance that would advance each organization’s research missions. Read More »

  
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UC San Diego Students Aim to Break World Record for Longest Flight of 3D-Printed Rocket Engine

On a hot, dusty Friday evening in May, a caravan of cars packed with UC San Diego students rolled onto a site in the Mojave Desert for testing rockets. It took three tries, but the UC San Diego chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space were able to successfully test the latest version of their 3D-printed rocket engine.

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More than 8,000 Graduates to Participate in UC San Diego’s 2015 Commencement Series

  

UC San Diego Receives Grant for Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development

  
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Paul Roben Appointed Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Technology Commercialization

Paul Roben has been named Associate Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Technology Commercialization. He will partner with the Vice Chancellor for Research to transform the functions provided by the Technology Transfer Office, Industry Research Alliances and Industry Contracting into an integrated organization. Roben currently serves as Senior Director of the Office Technology Development at the Salk Institute. Read More »

 

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Rights, Deportation, and Detention in the Age of Immigration Control

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Harnessing the Sun with the Blackest Paint in the World
BBC News, June 5

UCSD Mulls Downtown 'Co-Laboratory'
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 8

Sanford Consortium, Takeda Partner in $10M Innovation Alliance
San Diego Daily Transcript, June 8

UCSD Music Department Gets First Endowed Chairs
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 8

Magnet Schools Struggle to Be Diverse, Says Study
Education Week, June 9

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